Satellite Meteorology

For Grade 7-12

Comparing Satellite Images

Here are two faders that let you look at the same scene with different satellite images by sliding the pointer back-and-forth across the image.
Explore how different cloud types appear in different satellite images!

2) Compare visible and IR images of the same scene when the sun has set on the east
coast but is still shining in the central and western United States.

14 / 15

If you have questions about this course, please contact Margaret
Mooney, CIMSS/SSEC Earth Science Outreach Specialist.

This Satellite Meteorology Course was developed at the Cooperative Institute
for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)
located within the Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC)
at the UW-Madison. Funding was provided
by the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium (WSGC)
and NOAA/NESDIS.